Photo by Hedi SlimaneLady Gaga visits the UNO Lakefront Arena on Dec. 27.Dance club diva Lady Gaga had planned to spend the coming weeks on a co-headlining tour with Kanye West. Following West’s MTV Video Music Awardsfaux pas, the rapper decided, wisely, to lay low instead of embarking on a tour titled, ironically enough, “Fame Kills.”

Lady Gaga, by contrast, is riding a somewhat inexplicable wave of media fascination/fawning, the result of a savvy marketing campaign and Ms. Gaga’s penchant for outrageous costumes and shows that border on performance art.

Realizing the need to take advantage of her high profile, she quickly booked a headlining tour of her own. Her Monster Ball Tour is hitting smaller venues than the Fame Kills trek would have played, but she doesn’t have to share the spotlight with a manners-challenged rapper.

The Monster Ball tour is scheduled to stop at the UNO Lakefront Arena on Dec. 27. Tickets are $35 to $45 plus service charges – a relative bargain in an age of $120 Britney Spears tickets. Jason Derulo is also on the bill.